Oh Mondays… I would have thought that Mondays would feel different now that I’m unemployed but they really don’t. That awful “Monday Morning Stress” feeling still creeps up on me. I still have that “should I have embraced the weekend differently, could I have gotten more done?” thought on my mind when I wake up….

Transformation is a funny thing. The process not always so beautiful. Take the caterpillar for example. It wraps itself in a gooey pouch and sits until it emerges as a beautiful being. That’s kind of how I’ve felt for the past few years. I’ve had heartache, I’ve been knocked down, and I’ve suffered more loss…

That shocking, dark spiraling feeling left me choked the evening I was sat down and told I didn’t have a job anymore. I could feel the tears well up in my eyes. I had plans…these plans had just come crashing down in a single moment, with only ten words my life had taken a whirlwind…

Turning thirty a few weeks ago has seemed to bring my New Year early. I knew there were changes on the horizon but what I didn’t know is how much my mindset would be morphing too… I have been trying to detach myself electronically more. I would like to say I had been busy working…

…when I was 19… ~ I wouldn’t have gotten married. It wasn’t right for me, we weren’t right for each other. ~ I would have completed college, and majored in Psychology. ~ I would have exercised more, and kept up with it! ~ I would have saved my money. ~ I would have quit smoking then… and…

Ever feel like your life is a huge Nascar Race? We spend our younger years yearning to grow up and once we become adults all we want is the simplicity of childhood. We take one second to breathe and realize that a whole year, or ten years, has passed. Slow down, savor the moments, take…

This morning started out challenging… I woke up achy and tired and realizing I only had about $18 to make it through the rest of the week. Adding to it we were out of lunch meat and out of peanut butter so with that fueling the fire I snapped that I’d have to stop in…